A bill that would allow doctors in Vermont to help terminally ill patients end their lives will once again come before the legislators this March. The Death with Dignity Act didn’t make it out of committee last year, but supporters are optimistic this time around following a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that failed to overturn a similar law already on the books in Oregon – the only state where physician assisted suicide is currently legal.
Yesterday we heard from a Middlebury doctor who supports the legislation. Today Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Dr. Robert Orr of the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care who is opposed to the legislation.